𝘈 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘟 𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵-𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘵 75𝘬𝘱𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 5𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥-𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥. 15 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 38.5 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘊 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘠 𝘢𝘵 10% 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘟 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘠 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰. 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥?

We made it thru college engineering solving endless complex problems such as this one thrown at us everyday -for fun and refreshment! It was a normal occurrence for someone in our study group to drop a paper on the table with a physics or math problem for the rest of us to solve. It’s like placing a worm in a swarm of birds. We thrived on solving intricacies. We were nerds and geeks hungry for mental exercises.

Funny thing is, I’ve worked in power plant design as an electrical engineer and later in lighting design which has been my trade since the advent of CFL and never have I encountered such predicaments at work until I homeschooled my children. But it did help me develop analytical thinking esp in solving difficult laundry stain problems and in maneuvering naughty traffic jams.

Life prepares you for the future even if you can’t make sense or a cent out of it in the present. For now, do what we did -have fun finding x.

Cheers to analysis!

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